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BSU Student Health Service
Bemidji, Minnesota

Health Education - Focus on Gambling

 

Ask yourself the following questions:

1. Do you ever lose time at school or work due to gambling?
2. Do you ever gamble to get money to pay off debts?
3. After losing, have you ever gambled to win back losses?
4. Do you ever gamble until your last dollar is gone?
5. Do you ever borrow money to gamble?
6. Have you ever sold anything to gamble?
7. Do you ever gamble longer than you planned?
8. Have you ever gambled to escape worry or trouble?
9. Has gambling ever made your life unhappy?
10. Has gambling ever caused conflict in a relationship?
11. Has gambling ever caused conflict with your parents?
12. Do you keep your gambling a secret from some people out of fear they’ll criticize you?
13. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?
14. After a win, do you have a strong urge to return and win some more?
15. Has gambling ever caused you to lose sleep?
16. Do you celebrate good fortune by gambling?
17. Have you ever committed, or considered committing, a crime to finance gambling?
18. Have you ever felt self-destructive because of your gambling losses?
19. Have you ever claimed to be winning when you actually lost?
20. Have you ever thought about suicide?

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